Coercive control and the effect on mental health of female victims

Coercive control is a non-violent form of intimate partner violence (IPV) that is a pattern of behaviors aimed at gaining control over one's partner by dominating, restricting, and monitoring tactics. The phenomenon has recently been recognised as an independent form of IPV. A search in the present literature was conducted and identified ten relevant studies. Seven out of the ten included studies presented a significant association between exposure to coercive control and mental health problems such as symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD as well as suicidal thinking.